About Litiapahar Village

Litiapahar is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 17 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Litiapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Litiapahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	37
Male Population	17
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,176
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Litiapahar compares

By the 2011 count Litiapahar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Litiapahar

Litiapahar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Litiapahar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Litiapahar from other places

Litiapahar lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Litiapahar
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	12 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	34 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Litiapahar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikaripara tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Litiapahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Litiapahar village had a population of 37. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Litiapahar village has 17 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Litiapahar has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Litiapahar is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Litiapahar covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Litiapahar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Litiapahar is Harinsing, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Litiapahar.

Litiapahar is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Litiapahar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 12 km away. Rampur Hat is about 24 km away. Shikaripara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.